[PDF] Learner Contributions To Language Learning eBook

Author : Michael Breen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 11,83 MB
Release : 2014-09-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1317876954

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Since it was first established in the 1970s the Applied Linguistics and Language Study series has become a major force in the study of practical problems in human communication and language education. Drawing extensively on empirical research and theoretical work in linguistics, sociology, psychology and education, the series explores key issues in language acquisition and language use. What the learner contributes is central to the language learning process. Learner Contributions to Language Learning provides a uniquely comprehensive account of learners' personal attributes, their thinking, their feelings, and their actions that have been shown to have an impact upon language learning. Containing specific chapters from leading names in the field, this book provides both a review of what has been discovered from previous research and identifies important future directions for research on learner contributions. It is a landmark volume setting the agenda for language learning research in the 21st century and it provides invaluable information for all those engaged in language teaching. The contributors to the volume are- Michael P. Breen Bonny Norton Anna Chamot Rebecca Oxford Rod Ellis Anna Pavlenko James P. Lantolf Anita Wenden Diane Larsen-Freeman

Author : Heidi Byrnes
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 36,72 MB
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780826490711

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Examines the need for advanced levels of language learning from socio-cultural and linguistic perspectives.

Author : Mirosław Pawlak
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 22,99 MB
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3030757269

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This edited book brings together ten empirical papers reporting original studies investigating different facets of individual variation second language learning and teaching. The individual difference factors covered include, among others, motivation, self, anxiety, emotions, willingness to communicate, beliefs, age, and language learning strategies. What is especially important, some of the contributions to the volume offer insights into intricate interplays of these factors while others attempt to relate them to learning specific target language subsystems or concrete instructional options. All the chapters also include tangible implications for language pedagogy. The book is of interest to both researchers examining the role of individual variation in second language learning and teaching, teacher trainers, graduate and doctoral students in foreign languages departments, as well as practitioners wishing to enhance the effectiveness of second language instruction in their classrooms.

Author : Ewa Piechurska-Kuciel
Publisher : Springer
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,74 MB
Release : 2015-03-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3319143344

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This volume examines selected aspects of the foreign language learning process from an ecological perspective, adopting a holistic view on complex interrelations among and within organisms (L2 language learners) and their milieus (family, school and society). First of all, the personal ecosystem of the learner is taken into consideration, whereby two powerful influences are intertwined: cognitive and affective aspects. The learning space formed by the individual is largely shaped by their affective states coexisting in conjunction with their cognitive processes. Moreover, this specific space is also modified by a wider array of other personal ecosystems or those of cultures. Hence, the ecosystem of the foreign language learner is also subject to influences coming from sociocultural leverage that can be represented by people they know, like parents and language teachers, who can both directly and indirectly manipulate their ecosystem. At the same time other important forces, such as culture as a ubiquitous element in the foreign language learning process, also have the power to shape that ecosystem. Accordingly, the book is divided into three parts covering a range of topics related to these basic dimensions of foreign language acquisition (the cognitive, affective and socio-cultural). Part I, Affective Interconnections, focuses on the body of original empirical research into the affective domain of not only L2 language learners but also non-native language teachers. Part II, Cognitive Interconnections, reports on contributions on language learners’ linguistic processing and cognitive representations of concepts. The closing part, Socio-cultural Interconnections, provides new insights into language learning processes as they are affected by social and cultural factors.

Author : Mark R. Freiermuth
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 633 pages
File Size : 22,72 MB
Release : 2020-03-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3030342123

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This edited volume brings together large-scale research as well as case studies from a range of geographical contexts and represents a variety of educational settings involving second language learners and users. Its aim is to explore the interrelated issues of psychology and technology use in second language learning settings as well as in more autonomous environments. As language learning professionals continue to devote more time and attention to making various technological tools an integral part of the classroom, it is just as important to understand the influences that these tools have on the psychological state of the learners who use them. In consideration of this objective, the volume examines factors such as learner attitudes and motivation, emotion and behaviour, and the cognitive processes that are at play in the minds of the language users. This volume will be of interest not only to language teachers but also to researchers working in second language acquisition (SLA), applied linguistics, and educational psychology.

Author : Zoe Gavriilidou
Publisher : Multilingual Matters Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,2 MB
Release : 2024-12-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781788926591

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This book presents the latest research on the role of strategy use and development in second and foreign language teaching and learning. It will equip scholars and practitioners with the knowledge to help them better appreciate how language learning strategies contribute to and are linked with language learning processes.

Author : Sara Cotterall
Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,41 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Education
ISBN :

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This book is a collection of papers that explores the notion of learner autonomy and the problem of helping language learners to manage their learning effectively. The first part of the book deals with issues of definition: what is the cognitive base for autonomous learning behaviour and how is this mediated by social and cultural expectations of a learner's role? The second part reports on experiences of working with learners and with teachers to promote learner autonomy. In working with learners, the focus is on language learning strategies and how strategic learning might be developed through strategy training, materials design, reflection and counselling. In working with teachers, the focus is on bringing about change in traditional perspectives on the roles of learners and teachers within education systems.

Author : Zoltán Dörnyei
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 21,7 MB
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 1135704783

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The scope of individual learner differences is broad, yet there is no current, comprehensive, and unified volume that provides an overview of the considerable amount of research conducted on various language learner differences, until now.

Author : Carol Griffiths
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 50,57 MB
Release : 2008-04-03
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0521718147

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This book considers the strategies used by successful language learners, in the light of current thinking and research.